Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge
- Get Extreme With Clarity

It is not always easy to get a global vision of your cross-cultural communication. Sometimes it takes a little digging to understand the real conversation. This global vision can often show you where you need to get extreme clarity in your communication.

Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 29

Today’s tip reminds us not to get complacent and to continually look for ways to improve our communication:

Look for reasons behind for questions especially if they are recurring questions

When a question surprises you or appears out of context, this should raise your attention. And if the similar questions pop up more than once, there is usually a need for more clarity in your communication. [click to continue…]

 

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Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge
- Get Extreme With Clarity

When you have a global vision over all aspects of your cross-cultural conversation it is much easier to pick up on any areas where you need to add clarity. Striving to pay attention to everything is one reason why it can be tiring in the beginning.

Some businesses prefer to have a team of 2 people to attend a cross-cultural meeting. One person focuses on the agenda of the meeting and the other person focuses on the conversation as a whole. Even though I have never personally worked within these specific roles, I have found it natural to compare impressions after a cross-cultural meeting. But don’t forget, if you need strong international skills you will also need to become skilled at multi-tasking mentally.

Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 28

So now you have a global vision of your cross-cultural communication, now what? [click to continue…]

 

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Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge
- Get Extreme With Clarity

In verbal cross-cultural communication it is useful to add similar tactics used in written communication. They improve your clarity when speaking, just as much as they do in writing.

Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 27

Here is today’s tip: [click to continue…]

 

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Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge
- Get Extreme With Clarity

To get extreme with clarity in cross-cultural communication we have already looked at listening, assumptions, awareness, simplifying and explaining. The last series of 5 tips is focused on using a global vision.

Clarity in a cross-cultural communication can get lost in cultural differences. And these cultural differences may or may not be easy to see. This is why you need to keep your eyes and ears open to identify areas that need more clarity.

Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 26

Here is today’s tip: [click to continue…]

 

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Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge
- Get Extreme With Clarity

Some cultures are more open than others. Some people like to talk and some people don’t. There is one common human trait we need to remember in cross-cultural communication: we need to understand others before we can have a meaningful connection with them.

This is the last tip on improving explanations to get extreme clarity in cross-cultural communications.  Tomorrow we will look at how a global vision can improve your clarity in communication.

Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 25

Today’s tip reminds us of our own role in helping others to understand us: [click to continue…]

 

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Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge
- Get Extreme With Clarity

This is the fourth tip on improving your explanations to get extreme clarity in cross-cultural communication. There are many different tactics you can use to explain yourself. Some of them are obvious and most of them are simple.

Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 24

Today’s tip is both obvious and simple to do: [click to continue…]

 

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